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Title: The San Francisco earthquake: from the diary of E.I. De Laveaga
Creator: De Laveaga, E. I
Contributor: De Laveaga, E. I
Date Created and/or Issued: undated
Publication Information: CaliforniaHistoricalSociety, North Baker Research Library, 678 Mission Street,San Francisco, CA 94105-4014; http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/collections/northbaker_research.html
Contributing Institution: California Historical Society
Collection: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection: Selections from the California Historical Society
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Student at Berkeley, and son of Miguel de Laveaga, a wealthy San Francisco businessman.
Particular attention is given to the progress of the fire, with descriptions of damage to landmark buildings; firefighting and dynamiting; and structural damage to various parts of the city.
Ten-page excerpt from Laveaga's diary, giving a firsthand account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
Type: text
Form/Genre: Diaries
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb6t1nb4xs
MS 3470
chs00000093_42a.xml
Subject: Disaster victims--California--San Francisco
Dwellings--Earthquake effects
Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Personal narratives
Fires--California--San Francisco--Personal narratives
San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906--Personal narratives

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